Meter.



G- MASON.

METER.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN.31 1914A Patented July 21, 1914.

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G. MASON.

METER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.31,1914, 1,104,688, Patented July 21, 1911 2BHEETSf-SHEET 2,

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GILMOBE MASON, F NEW YORK, N. Y.

Specltlcatlen of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21, 1914.

Application led January 8l, 1914. Serial No. 815,670.

To all wl@ om it may concern.

Be it known that I, GrLMom: MASON, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York. in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Meters, of whichthey following is a specification.

This invention relates to the subject of meters for measuring fluids andthe like, the mein object being the production of a meter that may beutilized in connection with the measuring of the condensation of steamsupplied to users from a central station.

The linvention has especially lin view im proveniente in the ty e ofmeters known as oscillating buckets in which the fluid is dischargedinto one or the other of two compartments of a bucket, the bucket beingmounted to have oscillatory movements, the urrangrment being such thatwhile one compurtnmit is discharging, the other compartnient is beingfilled, such improvements residing in the type of bucket used; themanner of reducing the head of the Water fed to the bucket; the mannerof mounting the bucket; and in the manner of'adjusting the oscillatorymovements of the bucket, by means of which a positive, automatic, anduoiseless operation of measuring fluids is ailromplished. i

The invention also contemplates improvements in the meter casing bymeans of which the same is normally sealed against unauthorized opening.Ivet which can be readily opened to permit access to the counting ormeasuring actuating mechanism so that such mcrl'mnism can be readilyremoved, replaced, repaired, or adjusted.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from thefollowing description, when taken in connection with .he accompanyingdrawings wherein one simple and practical embodiment ot the improvedmeter has been shown.

{ofen-ing to the accompanying drawings-@Figure l is a ierticallongitudinal scf'tionnlivicw of the improved meter. Fig. 2 is: u topplan view, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectionalxievv. Fig. #l is u deuil sectiorml View taken on the line 4--l Fig. 2.Fig. 5 is a detail per epee-tive vie-.iv of the rorking bur or leverupon which the oscillating bucket is moui'ited. Fig. C is o detailperspective view f of one of the bucket clips. Fig. 'T is a detailyrwpcctivcfviciv ci one of the spacing collars for the rockin d bar.Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view o one of the spiders used inconnection with the cover clamps.

The improved meter comprises in its general organization a casing 1which maybe rectangular or any other convenient shape and which ispreferably cast. The bottom 2 of the casing slopes downward toward thecenter to direct the outflow to a pendent tubular discharge outlet 2located at that point and which is referably threaded so that it may bereadi y coupled to a suitable connection (not shown) leading to a seweror other waste receptacle. The ends of the casing may be er uipped withthe sup orting legs 2:2, preferably composed of penfliant internallythreaded tubular projections with which the feet or rest that havethreaded shanks engage the arrangements being such that verticaladjustments of the casing may be readily made. The open top of thecasing is surrounded by the flat outwardly projecting seating ledges orHanges 4.

The cover 5 is provided with outwardly projecting flat hase flanges 6which seat on the ledges 4. The cover 5 is provided with a centralupstandingl tubular neck 7 upon which a removable cap or closure 8 isseated. The neck closure is provided with a central upstanding boss 9that is threaded, said boss being provided with an opening through whichcommunication is had with the interior of the neck 7. An internal flatannular ledge 10 is formed in the base of the neck 7 and forms a seatfor a receptacle 11 that fits snugly, but removably", within the neck.The receptacle l1 is provided with a central upstanding discharge oroverflow tube 1la the upper, or inlet, end of which is in a plane lowerthan the upper end of said receptacle, and a semi-spherical deliector1l" has radial arms 1'1c which engage the inlet end of said tube to holdthe dellector in position to incluse, in smced relation, the said inletend of the overflow tube. A discharge nozzle 12 has upper iiangessuitably fastened to the under surface of the cover 5 directly below thelower or outlet end of tube ll. The nozzle l2 is preferably in the formof a hopper to provide a pendent outlet end 13 that contracted so thatit will discharge the fluid in the forni of a thin contracted, or flatstream. The boss I) is threaded so that it may be readilyv coupled to asource of fluid supply, land the incoming fluid falls onto the de- Utltlertor 11b and is spread thereby. The initial spreading'y of the tluidtorina a seal in the, reeeptaele 1l and the eontinued flow ot' the fluideanees the Same to overilow the tube 1N. and passing: through said tube.dis ehttrge into and through the nozzle l2 and is therebyY delli ered tothe eoutiter-actuating mechanism. to be described. lt in to beunderstood. ot course. that the tleeeribed mmv 11er of feedingy thefluid through the neek 7,

eauw a tluid.

'l`he ledges Vl ot' the easing may be recessed t'or the reeeption of ag: `tet li to seal the joint between the fianet tl and said ledges. andthe rover is detaehablv loelted to the easin;l bv mean.`4 ot' 'lampshaving arm ll that Strattdle the rover and whieh are provided withhoolt"` l5 at their vfree ends` that engage under ledges vt` a #nown inVig, 5% of the :tet-oni],ianvinglr drawings- The bodief lo of the clampsbave threaded openings 1T through whit'h set serews l protett andengagle Socken ttl in spiders t' that re t on the eover Loek nuts 2l maybe used on the srrews 1S to hold the same inthe de-ired yaet positions.B v using the Clamps, it will he seen that the cover 5 is normallyloelted in position to Seal the open upper end of the easing. `vet mehelamps can be readilY removed when it is desirable, or neeeasarv to `ain:recess to the interior ot: the said easing.

The easingr l, at a pointl preferably above the horizontal eenterthereof. provided with :in external laterali)Y projectingr lions in;r 22tite outer end of whieh i@ renewed for tht` reception of a cover *23thatJ is held in po ition b v means of ,wt-rows, or other removablefasteners. A\ gaaltet or other sealing4 medium mav be interposed betweenthe rover 23 and its seat. At eaeh side. the housing ifi? i providedwith an evternal boss ll that is threaded for the rtteption of n t'ap Tneath eap and the housingr beinffn provided with t'olnpleinentnl ears 2G,27. re peetivell so that the eap may be loeled to thev liouaintr byutilizing a l"eal that engage;l said ear-. Y\lined threaded openings arethrough the bienes '2l and the aidu of the houaing it. and adjustingserews 2G entend through sueh openings and projeet into the housing: The,bt-ad4 ot the wrews artinelo: ed bv the rapev if". as @hown in Figs'. t

't2 and l. Loek nuts 26 may be employed for holdin;r the. Screws Qt'rinthe desired "set positions.

Uireetlv opposite the housing t y the ea@ ingr l.i provided with :111external laterallv proieetin; r neeuy '2S that i@ threaded lor thereteption otI a rap lit equipped with au ear reduetion ot the presaure,of the fornirti i A v t il() that eoiiperates with a -in`ular ear Illear ried by the easing Vl and a wat, not shown, to loel( the enp to theSaid netlt.

\ a'ldle bearing 32 is t'letaehabiy fas tened tothe base of housing QQand a similar bearin; r 32? is detaehahlv taetleuett within The neel:QS. The bearings BSWIS. are provided with raised renters in whichgrooven 3ft are toi-med with beveled sides and se1nici1Cular ba es. Atlat,'elouated rocking bar or lever 35 has its lower longitudinal edgefifi rountled and mounted in the grooves llt of beari ings 32 and 33.1\djutable .collars 3T are mounted onithe bar 35 to litnit lengthwisemovements ot' the said bar. The upper edge of the bar 35 is flat and atitseenter is eutaway longitudinally to torni a @eat t28. One end ofbaril projeets into hourin;r i2 and it 4 tiat upper edge is AStraddletlb v the bit'urrated lower end 39 ot a stop lt) having its free upper endbeveled on opptite Sides. The yetop ttl is riefidl)v but removabl)v fa@-tened to bar :i5 by unam of holte l] that pass through theliiit'ureated` end 39 and the. openingr l 41% in the said bar 35. Thestop l() projects upwardly in housing 2i! between t-he 1eren )6a. sothat the roeltin'r movement of the sind Stop is limited b v eontaet withsaid eerews. 'l'he stop al() beingr t'ast on bar 35 and the. Screws Qt'tbeing: adjustable. it will be seen that b v manipulating said uerews,the range of melting movements ot' the bar 35 may be regulated. ,'teounter 42% ia Suitablv mounted in Canine` l and its actuating: shaft 44rari-ies a pendent operating rod l5 the free lower end otl whiehletraddleu or otherwise engages the free eno ot' an :i1-1n lo earried bythe stop lt). sueh eonneetions obviousliv caueingr the counter to beaetnated b v the rocking movement` of stop 4t).

A\ twti-eompartinent bueket 4T equipped ith the usual inelined bottomsfor the eompartn1e11ts.'hael the transverse renter of its under-Surfacestraddled and reintoreed by the fiat flanges 4o of the bifurcated elips4t). Snel'. elip`` itt are disposed adjarent eaeh end ot the bueltettti, and the flanges '-l-S are riveted or otherwi e rigidly fan-tened tothe bot;- to'm tbereot. The hiiureated portitvns of the tulips Htraddlethe` seat ltl in bar 35 and are rigidly but reniovablv fastened theretob v the set `erews 50 that pas through Said bitureations and theopenings' .3l in bar 2li. The butlet lt' is of a size to snugly tit within the Seat 3S of bar 35 and Surh ,seatingr arrangement and the clipsttl that are t`a-iened to the bar 35 \.1bviously prevent the boeket havintir any mo .'enients relai ive to the bar 35.

lt. will be apparent. from the foregoing deseription that by removingithe rover 5. the bueket -17 may be overturned far enoufh t0 :rive aeeessto the Screws 5t) whereby he laultet may be readily released troin har13h to permit Said bucket to be removed from the easing'. Similarly byremovingT rap il and lifting bar from its bearings :t2 I said bar may bebodily Shifterl lenirthwie to remove it from the miner through nelt 28or by shifting said bar sutlieientiy to re lift) heads OY screws 26 giveaccess to the-,same

for the purpose of adjusting said screws t6 regulate the fall or iockingmovements of stip' 40. .v

l distinctive feature of this invention is that the atop 40 is somounted, and the abutment screws 26* so disposed, that the fall ormovement, of the stop 40 is very slight. is is of value in connectionwith but the slightest fall of such buckets beyoud a horizontal plane issuiiicient to uickl empty the lowermost compartment. n adl ition, theslight fall of the stop 40, and the practically slidin contact betweenits beveled sides and the a utments 26, prevents such contact beingnoisy.'

What I claim as my invention is 1. A meter comprising a casing, a rock-I ing bar mounted therein, an oscillatory bucket removably fastened onthe bar, a stop fast on one end portion of the bar, said-casing havin lan inlet discharging into the bucket an an outlet, and adjustable meanscarried by the casing and lin the path of movement of the stop.

2. A meter comprising a. casing provided with aninlet and an outlet, arocking bar journaled in the casing and having a cutout (portion formina bucket seat, a bucket rigi 1y but remova ly fastened to the seat anddisposed beneath the inlet, a stop fast on the bar, and adjustableabutments carried by the casing and oppositely disposed and located inthe path of movement of the stop. y

3. A meter comprisinga casing provided lwith an inlet and an outlet, abearing at each side of the interior-.of the casing, a dat rocking barmountedv in the bearing, a bucket carried by the bar, a stop having abifurcated end straddling the. bar, means for rigidly fastening thebifurcated end of the stop to the bar, and adjustable abutments carriedby the casing and in the path of movement of the stop.

4. A meter lcomprising a. casing having an inlet, a pressure reducer inthe inlet, a rocking bar journaled in and extending across the casing, abucket seated on the Vha: be-

neath the inlet, a stop at one end of the bar, and oppositel)y disposedadjustable abutments carried b v the casing andin the path of movementof the stop.

5. A meter comprising a casing provided with a housing at one side and aneck opposite said housing, a removable cap for the y ing and having oneend rojeetin housing and Vgnial neck, a bucket mounted on the alstop' onthe end of the barwithin I`flanged upper end provided wit` 'seat, agasket in .said seat, a cover having a casing, said cover being theinciined bottom type of buckets in that.

neck, a removable @ver for the housing, said casing being provided withan inlet and a discharge, adjustable abutments ex tending throughopposite sides of the heus-- ing', caps inclosing the heads of theabutments, a rocker shaftjournaled in the `easilto the its other endispose adjacent bar and the hous-Y ing and limited in its movements bycontact with the abutments.

6. A meter comprising a casin having a` a gasketf the fianges of theprovided with a duid inlet und said casm being provided with a uidoutlet, clamps avinlg arms provided 'with hooks forengag'ing t e flangeof the casing, said clamps v aving threaded openings, spiders lseated onthe cover beneath the clamps and provided with sockets, screws enga ngsaid thread-ed openings and sockets, .an Vcounter actuating mechanismwithin the casing and operated by the fluid discharged through saidfluid inlet.

7 A meter comprising a casing provided with a cover having a duid iniet,said casing havingv a duid outlet, a rocker shaft jourfiange adapted toseat .on

naled within the casing beneath Ythe inlet and provided .with acut-outportion'forming a bucket seat, a bucket engaging the seat andhaving clips embracing the shaft, a stop at' one end of the shaft, andadjustable abut-Y mfents carried b the casing and in the path ofmovemento the stop.

S. A meter comprising a casing provided with a cover having a duidinlet, said casing having aV fluid outlet, a. rocker shaft journalcd inthe casing, a bucket seated on the shaft, a stop fast on the shaft andhaving its free end provided with beveled sides, and adjustableabutments carried by the. casing and located in the path of movement ofthe stop and adapted to have sliding contact with said beveled sides. l

9. A meter comprising a casing provided with an inlet and an outlet,said casing having an outwardly projecting external neck and a housingdisposed opposite said neck, a removable elospre for the neck, aremovable closure for\the/ housing, adjustable ahutments projecting,through opposite sides of the housing, caps inclosing the outer ends ofthe abutments, a rocking bar journaled in the casing and having one. endprojecting into the housing and its other end disposed adjacent theneck, a bucket removably mounted on the bar, and a stop removablymounted on the end of the bar Within the housing and projecting betweenand limitedy in its rocking movements by said ahutinents.

l0. A meter comprising a casing provided with an inlet and an outlet,bearings in Said caeing providedvwith bearing grooves having beveledsides and awsemi-circularl base, u rocking barhaving ay baselongitudinal edge that is rounded and seated inv the base of saidgroove, means earried by the bar and actuated by the incoming fluid forimparting @rocking movement thereto, Vand means for.

limiting the rocking movements of the, bar. l 11. A meter comprising a.,casingrprovided with a. fiuid inlet nd va fluid outlet, hearings withinand disposed on opposite sides of the casing, a rocking bar mountedinthe bearings, a stop mounted on one end portion of the bar,andlnbutments carried by the casing und disposed on opposite sides ofand in the pnth of movement of the stopv for engaging tht` stop tiolimit the movements of the 'bei'.

12. A meter comprising,r :t casing provided with a fluid inlet and :tfluid outlet, a rocking imi' jonrnnled in the casing` means actuated hvthe fluid from the inlet for imparting arocking movement to the bar, astop carried b v the bar and having a, free end provided with inclinedsides, and. adjustable abutincnts carried by the casing and engaging theinclined sides of the stop to limit the movements of said stop.

13. A meter comprisingr a casing provided with n fiuid inlet and :i iuidoutlet, counter actuating mechanism therein operated by the fluid fromthe inlet and including :i rocking har, a stop mounted on one end porvtion of the bar, adjustnble abutmcnts having: external heads, Suidabutments extending5 through one side ofV the casing und having theirinner ends disposed in the path of movement of the stop, and externalmeans carried by the casing and normally inclosing the heads of theabutments.

14. A" meter comprising a casing having an outlet, a cover for thecasing provided with a neck and :i depending nozzle that projects intothe basing, a. closure seated olf the` 15. A nietcr comprising a Casingprovided with un outlet. u 'cover therefor provided with un inlet, nnozzle depending from the inlet` un overflow pipe in the inlet, :ideflec` tor having :ii-ins engaging the pipe to snpport thil dutlcctoi'over ond in Vspaced relation to the upper end of smid pipe, und countI':utunfing'nwchnnisin in tho (fusing und :u-tuutrd l [he lion' of fluidfrom the nozzle. ln testimony whereof I have :illxed my signature inpresence of' two witnesses.

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